Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

summarization

/ˌsʌməɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables: sum-ma-riza-tion
IPA: /ˌsʌməɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of summarizing.

Countable

noun

The process of summarizing.

Uncountable

noun

A summary; the result of summarizing.

Countable

Example Sentences

"Jim is very adept at summarization."
"After summarization, these documents seem much simpler."
"Jim's summarization of the incident was very useful."

Etymology

Etymology tree English summary Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English summarize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English summarization From summarize + -ation.

Usage

Inflected Forms

summarizations (plural) summarisation (alternative)

Synonyms

summarisation

Questions

How do you pronounce summarization?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsʌməɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/.
What does summarization mean?: The act of summarizing.
Where does summarization come from?: Etymology tree English summary Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English summarize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English summarization From summarize + -ation.

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